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September 12, 2014

Cameras are replacing forest fire lookout jobs

  • The cameras take snapshots as they rotate 360 degrees every three minutes. They are typically mounted on lookout towers.
    • By CHRISTIAN WIHTOL
    Eugene Register-Guard

    EUGENE, Ore. — Last Friday afternoon, a fire patrol on a high point west of Cottage Grove caught a glimpse of smoke in the distance.

    Western Oregon was on red-flag forest fire alert, with intense heat and gusting winds from the east driving up the risk of a blaze. Any forest smoke was cause for worry.


     
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